National Republican., 1887-02-19
Breakfast Table Letter to the President.

Mr.. PRESIDENT The returns are not all in,
is making an effort to veto your veto OF the
dependent pension bill by two-thirds vote in
Congress.
The metropolitan journals do not reflect the
sober second thought OF the people. The local
weeklies voice their verdict. This was notably
so during the second canvass of President
Grant.
Your relations to the Democratic party have
now reached climax. You have had stormy
time with the Democracy for two years. Your
first victory was in uniting the Democrats in
your memorable contest with the Senate. You
estranged the women Of the south when you
failed to take Mrs. Cleveland with you to meet
Gov. Lee and his guest, the daughter of Jefier-
son Davis. The reflex was most favorable at
the north. The south Is again made solid by
your vetoes of pension bills. Both parties
seem willing to trust you with vast power, as
illustrated in the interstate commerce and the
non-intercourse bills. -
The resignation of Secretary Manning forms
an important epoch in the history OF your ad-
ministration. 1t is emphasized by the diplo.
matte manner in which 1t places you in nomi-
nation for the second term in the following
language in his letter of resignation:
RetWnin9 to the ranks Of that great party Which
has called you 10 It's lead, shall stu hope 10 fol-.
lOlO its fortunes under your successful, guidance
lcim a flio,U citisen's loyal pride.
Asyou have thus been practically pat In
nomination by retiring Cabinet officer, upon
whose shoulders the mantle Of Tilden has
fallen, it seems appropriate that we take an-
other lock at the political thermometer of the
Democratic party and examine the status of
candidates for the presidency. First, Thur.
man, of Ohio, 1.-The noblest Roman of them
ALL age and infrmity remove him from the
list; Vice President Hendricks is dead ; ex-
Senator Mcdonald passed from public view in
The late senatorial contest IN Indiana; Col. Nor.
rison, ofIllinois, an honest and a good man. for
last fall in a congressional contest. He will
not be recuperated before 1892. Randall has
lost caste by the suspicion that he intends to
defeat the fortlhca,ion bills by low cunning
A leading public man once said of Randall
that, If measured by your finger, his states-
manship would end at the root of the nail, his
political cunning at the big joint. Both sides
are now watching him closely to see If the state.
ment is true. Speaker Carlisle once enjoyed a
highpla in the eopinion of his fellows as a Just
man, but hisusurpation of power has destroyed
his future. Poor Carlisle, mark him P. D.
politically dead.
Did 1t ever occur to you, Mr.. President, that
he has exercised greater power than is given
the President by the constitution? 1t requires
q two-thirds vote to overrule your vetoes but
Mr.. Carlisle either usurps the power or 1t is
conferred on him to override the House by his
| lgiu.
Gov. Hill, Of New York, is simply aiming
high, but expects to roost lower; that is, he
aims at the presidency, but will take the goy-
ernorship Of New York for the second term.
With these explanations as to candidates for
the presidency in 1855, the Democratic political
thermometer stands thus-serving to indicate
your strength and as a monument 10 dead
Democrats who fell in attempting to obstruct
the way OF the ''man of destiny:''